Combination tub, sink, and washbowl.



No 821,805. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

W. 0. JAMES. OOMBINATIONTUB, SINK, AND WASHBOWL.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 20, 1904.

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Millard C. efizmes witnesses 424% 0- E WM invention.

uNrTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINATION TUB SINK, AND WASHBOWL.

Specification of Letters Patenti Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed June 20, 1904:- Serial No. 213,273.

To a, whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD C. JAMES, a

eitizen of the United States, residing at Los Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 90 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 00 r in Fig. 2.

1 designates a tub, which may be a stationary tub, built into or against a wall or fixed structure 2, although my invention is not necessarily limited to a tub so arranged. 3 designates the drain or outlet for the tub, and 4 the supply-faucet, which may be for either hot or for cold Water, or for both. The tub 1 is desirably rectangular in horizontal crosssection and is adapted to receive and hold in a plane between its top and bottom a plate or false bottom 5, which when in place in the tub converts the upper part of the tub into a sink. To support this false bottom, the walls of the tub may have supports in the form of shoulders or projections engaging corresponding parts on the false bottom. To this end the false bottom is formed at each end with a button or disk 7, projecting therefrom and having notches 8 in its top and bottom, and each end wall of the tank is provided with a slot, gain, or recess 9, wherein the button 7 slides down. A lug or projection 6 is formed at the bottom of each recess 9, and when the false bottom is let down in place these projections 7 rest against the bottom and sides of said slots, leaving the false bottom partially rotatable, but looking it when in a horizontal position either side up. By this construction the false bottom is de tachably secured to.the inner walls of the tub.

The false bottom is provided with hand engaging finger-receiving means, such as finger-holes 10, accessible from both sides to enable it to be grasped by the hand from either side when reversing it or lifting it out.' On

one side of the false bottom is attached or formed a bowl or basin 11 in such manner that when this side is placed uppermost said bowl will be in position to receive water from the faucet. The bowl may have a drain-hole 12 at the bottom, which may be closed by any suitable plug when the bowl is in use. The tub, false bottom, and bowl may be formed of cast or other metal and may be coated with enamel or porcelain lining.

- When the device is to be used as a tub, the false bottom is removed altogether, and when it is to be used as a sink the false bottom is inserted, flat or plain Side uppermost, as

. shown in fully lines in Fig. 2. Thesink so provided may be used just as any ordinary sink, the water running off at the sides and ends. When a washbasin is desired, the false bottom is simply inverted, as shown in dotted lines in-Fig. 2, which may be done without lifting it out by simply lifting it free of lugs 6 and then turning it over, the ends being tapered off, as at 13, to allow of this movement without striking the ends of the tub, it being understood that the latter has a downward taper or draw. I thus provide in the same space and with the same amount of plumbing required for a single stationary tub or a single sink or a single stationary bowl a fixture that can be used as either a stationary tub for washing clothes, as a sink for washing dishes, or as a washbowl, the same water-supply and drain serving for all of these, and all the parts being accessible for cleaning, so that the device is entirely sanitary.

To facilitate the use of the tub as a washtub, the bottom thereof may be provided with ridges or lugs 14 to engage the lower end of the legs of a washboard and prevent same from slipping. When the washbowl is in use, itreceives water from faucet 4 and drains through its outlet 12 into the tub. I am aware that sinks with movable tops have hitherto been used; but, so far as I know, no tub is at present in use in which the walls thereof are provided with means for looking a false bottom in a horizontal position either side up below the level of the top of the tub.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a tub, of a false bottom detachably secured to the inner walls versible false bottom, detachably supported therein and provided on one side with a bowl. 3. A tub having grooves in its inner walls extending downwardly from the top thereof, and a false bottom provided with a bowl on one side thereof and having projections adapted to rotate partially in the bottom of said grooves, said projection and grooves adapted to interlock to hold the bottom against rotation when in a horizontal position. Y

4i. Atub having shoulders and lugs on its walls, and a false bottom having projections thereon to engage said shoulders, said proj ections having notches to engage said lugs. I

, 5 A tub having recess in its walls formed with shoulders and lugs at the bottom thereof, and a false bottom having projections at each end to enter said recess, and formed with notches at top and bottom of said projections to interchangeably engage said lugs, when the false bottom is turned either side 6. A tub provided with supports and a false bottom having projections engaging said supports and partially rotatable therev on, said false bottom being formed with a bowl on one side, and said supports adapted to look said false bottom in a horizontal position either-side up. Y

7. A tub having shoulders on its walls and a reversible false bottom provided with a bowl on one side and having projections engaging said shoulders and partially rotatable thereon, said false bottom adapted to be grasped by the hand from either side when in a horizontal position in the tub.

8. A tub having shoulders on its walls and a reversible false bottom provided with a bowl on one side and having projections en'- gaging said shoulders and partially rotatable thereon, said false bottom having holes to en able it to be grasped by the hand when in a horizontal position in the tub.

9. The combination of a stationary tub having a water-supply and an outlet,- and a reversible false bottom removably supported in said tub, and provided with a bowl on one side adapted to receive water from the wa ter-supply of the tub, and having an outlet draining to the tub.

10. A tub provided with supports and a false bottom having projections engaging said supports and partially rotatable thereon, said false bottom being formed with a bowl on one side, and said projections and supports non-revolubly engaging each other when the false bottom is in a horizontal position.

11. The combination with a tub, of a reversible false-bottom tub being provided with means below the level of the top of the tub in the inner walls thereof, adapted to lock the false bottom in a horizontal position either side up.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 10th day of June, 1904.

WILLARD 0. JAMES. 

